Romeo and Juliet question

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I agree with Zaid. (Feb 18th 2016) Pure human error linked to being misguided culminated in the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. They were young and full of raging hormones and angst, not unlike teenagers of every generation. However, the extremes they went to in order to prove their love and disapproval of their family feud went tragically wrong.

Romeo. He thought Juliet was dead and croak. But no, Juliet couldn't just marry a man who could support her, and showed no signs of lust, while Romeo wormed his way into her bed after an hour! Then Juliet had this stupid and dangerous idea that backfired, and when she sees Romeo dead she freaks and kills herself. But no! The friar sent a sketchy letter that got stopped and Romeo thought Juliet was dead because the friar was so stupid! It was everyone's fault because everyone in this story is so stupid!

I assign this essay every year. I love it!

This book sucks so much. Lord Capulet and Friar Laurence are too blame.

I put the first blame is to the Montague & Capulat families for keeping their feud for so many years. No one ever quite knows why they feud to begin with. Also the second blame here would fall for Frier Lawrence for not getting the message quickly to Romeo about the plan he had for faking Juliet's death. Sadly time was in their side.

There's probably no one answer, but I think it was the circumstances that they lived with - the rivalry between their families of course, social oppression and lack of freedom during those times, but also the fact that they were way TOO YOUNG and rushed with their marriage and were also highly emotional and even emotionally unstable teenagers. I think it was a combination of all those factors that lead to their tragic death.

Love.... Love is to blame.
Not youth, not the families, nor friends or even society.
LOVE....
That indescribable feeling, yes indescribable, it's different for all of us. For each that we love, although the same us, a different "kind" or "feeling" of love but, love nonetheless.
Love; a Glorious Gift to some, others still a Gift, to some a Curse.
Their fathomless love for each other, the unbreakable bond, the need to be with one another.
Love killed them.... May we all be so lucky as to find a love like that.

I think the person to blame was very clear throughout the story. Shakespeare was the one to blame

I believe that every character in the story had some blame for Romeo and Juliet's death, but Friar Lawrence had the most significance in this sequence of wild events. First of all, he impulsively agreed to marry the couple even with knowledge that this will cause issues later on. Then, Lawrence just hands a sleeping potion to Juliet after claiming it is a sin to marry a person twice (when Juliet was about to marry Paris). She even contemplates Friar's own actions by stating, "What if it be a poison, which the friar
Subtly hath minister'd to have me dead,/Lest in this marriage he should be dishonour'd,/Because he married me before to Romeo?" (Act 4, Scene 2). And lastly, he abandoned Juliet's 'dead' body in her own tomb because he knew if he were to be discovered, he would be executed immediately for what he has done. This all happening before Romeo comes to find his lover to be declared deceased.

I believe the people at fault for Romeo and Juliet's death is the families, and the society that they live in. In the play, the two lovers are part of the rival families that have been at this feud for a while. These two lovers are forced to marry in secret, as this feud continues. As the play states, "Where be these enemies? Capulet! Montague! See, what a scourge is laid upon your hate, That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love" (Act 5, Scene 3, Lines 301-303). This showing the true enemies of the play, the families, and what they were forced to do for their love because of their families feud.

Vicky wrote: "Who do you believe is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet? Hatred between the two families? Friar Lawrence? Nurse? Fate? Lust? Perhaps, the folly of youth? You decide. You can pick whatev..."

I believe Romeo is at cause for both deaths because instead of staying patient as said here by Balthasar, "I do beseech you, sir, have patience.
Your looks are pale and wild, and do import
Some misadventure"(Act 5, Scene 1, lines 27-29a), he makes a hasty decision. The sad part is he had time to think this through while walking to the market and while going back to Verona. Not once did he think that the news might be far-fetched. Juliet was fighting for their love, and without Romeo, she had no purpose to live just as Lucy said(on March 01, 2015). He was also older which therefore should have made him wiser. Finally, if he could move on quite fast when it came to Rosaline, how different is Juliet?

Vicky wrote: "Who do you believe is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet? Hatred between the two families? Friar Lawrence? Nurse? Fate? Lust? Perhaps, the folly of youth? You decide. You can pick whatev..."

I also think it was the families fault. The family basically admits it was their fault because after Romeo and Juliet had killed themselves the play states, "That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love.Have lost a brace of kinsmen: all are punish'd." Meaning that it was the families fault for Romeo's and Juliet's death. So know they'll stop fighting so this will never happen again. (less)

I feel that Romeo and Juliet's death is the work of fate. In my opinion, the actions of the characters cannot be the cause of their death. Although the two families have done many things against each other, it was fate that caused specifically Romeo and Juliet to kill themselves. In the story, Friar Lawrence sends a messenger, Friar John, to communicate the message to Romeo. Friar John is then quarantined in a confined house as the story says, "but he which bore my letter, Friar John, was stay'd by accident." If fate did not decide that Friar John would be quarantined because of the plague, then the message that they had a plan with the potions would have been communicated to Romeo. Then, Romeo and Juliet would still be alive. For this reason, I believe that the death of Romeo and Juliet was the work of fate.

I believe that it is the parents' fault because they held onto the grudge they had for each other. I say this because, since they couldn't let go of their grudge, this caused their children, Romeo and Juliet, to become greatly affected once they fell in love. Since Juliet knew that they could never be together with the feud and their families, she decided to then "kill" herself. But since Romeo didn't know about the plan he thought that Juliet was actually dead, so he killed himself, and then this lead to the death of Juliet. Also, in the end of the story, the quote, "Where be these enemies? Capulet! Montague! See, what a scourge is laid upon your hate," shows that because everyone knew that it was the parent's fault and the parents even agreed, that it was their fault. If the family feud would've ended, Romeo and Juliet would have never died.

Vicky wrote: "Who do you believe is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet? Hatred between the two families? Friar Lawrence? Nurse? Fate? Lust? Perhaps, the folly of youth? You decide. You can pick whatev..."

I believe that Romeo and Juliet are responsible for their own deaths. This is because they had the chance to stay alive instead of killing themselves. If Romeo was patient enough to wait for Juliet to wake up, which was only a couple minutes after he had died, they could've lived a happy life together. However, Romeo decided that he could not live without Juliet and made the quick decision of killing himself with poison, "From this world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last!
Arms, take your last embrace! and, lips, O you The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain to engrossing death!" (Act 5, Scene 3). Romeo says these lines before drinking the poison. After this, Juliet wakes up to Romeo lying dead at his side. After this, Juliet takes Romeo's dagger and kills herself.

I thought about this question and my answer is that Juliet's are responsible for Romeo and Juliet's death. Juliet is not even in the proper age to be married! Her parents have killed their own daughter just by asking her to marry someone she doesn't even know! In the text it said, "Is she not proud? doth she not count her blest, unworthy as she is, that we have wrought, so worthy a gentleman to be her bridegroom? (Act 3, Scene 5)" Since Capulet kept forcing Juliet to marry Paris, Juliet and Romeo had to commit suicide for two things. One is to end the rage between the two families, and two so that Juliet can stay with Romeo forever.

I believe that the one who is left responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet is themselves. Surely the feud between both families came in the way of their love, but if they strongly felt a certain way about each other, they should've protested against the feud. According to the text, "Good gentle youth, tempt not a desperate man;Fly hence, and leave me: think upon these gone" ( Act 5, Scene 2 ) This quote shows that Romeo and Juliet did not take action against the historical feud in order to continue their path of love, instead they gave up, and died for one another. They gave up their future with each other before they could even try to take action.

Vicky wrote: "Who do you believe is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet? Hatred between the two families? Friar Lawrence? Nurse? Fate? Lust? Perhaps, the folly of youth? You decide. You can pick whatev..."

The people that I believe are responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet, is the hatred between the families. I believe the families caused the death of Romeo and Juliet because they've always hated each other. In the play it states, "From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean." This evidence from the play backs up my claim because if the families never made a rule about having peace with one another they would have never stopped fighting and hating each other and the rule didn't help with anything because Romeo and Juliet would still end up dead.

I believe that Romeo and Juliet are responsible for their own deaths. Although there were many factors that led up to their deaths, the final decision was in their hands. They could've chosen to wait just a couple of more minutes, which would've resulted in both their lives being saved. The story could've taken a whole new turn there. Some of the events that led to their deaths were Friar John's capture, the warring families, and the involvement of Paris. Although the warring families are the root cause of this, it is not the main cause, as they could have fought through the adversity. Friar John's death was the most influential to their deaths, and the involvement of Paris posed problems, but it could've been solved if the plan worked. Even though they had obstacles in their path, the idea to kill themselves was on them alone. If Romeo had simply waited for another 5 minutes, he would've been reunited with Juliet, and that would result in their lives being happier, but more importantly, they would both be alive, for the time being.

Vicky wrote: "Who do you believe is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet? Hatred between the two families? Friar Lawrence? Nurse? Fate? Lust? Perhaps, the folly of youth? You decide. You can pick whatev..." I think that it is the families' fault. The deadly fight between Mercutio, Tybalt, and Romeo was caused by the family's rivalry. When Romeo attended the Capulets' party, Tybalt was outraged that a Montague would step on Capulet land. Before drawing his sword on Romeo, he declared "Romeo, the hate I bear thee can afford no better term than this,--thou art a villain." Following this, Tybalt killed Mercutio and then Romeo killed Tybalt in revenge. This brawl led to Romeo's exile. When Juliet heard, she planned to run away to Mantua to be with Romeo. However, this plan failed and led to both of their deaths.
If the families had made peace before this, Romeo and Juliet's deaths could've been avoided.

I believe that every character plays a role in the death of Romeo in someway, for the elder Montagues and the elder Capulets had been feuding long before Romeo, and Juliet's time, this is emphasized in the prologue, "From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean" as well as for forcing Juliet into a marriage with Paris; causing the lovers' relationship to be far more complicated than it had to be.

Yet another example of why everyone is at fault is Tybalt's hostility towards every and all Montague, as well as his thirst for blood, more specifically Romeo's blood, an example of this is when Romeo appeared at the Capulet feats and Tybalt seen him from afar and exclaimed, "'Tis he, that villain Romeo", and "It fits, when such a villain is a guest: I'll not endure him.
". Once more an example of this is when he had demanded a duel from Romeo, even after Romeo declined, he still looked for blood, and had gotten it when he slayed Mercutio. This provoked Romeo to fight Tybalt, killing him. As a result of this relations between the Capulets, and Montagues grew, and Romeo was Banished by the Prince.

Bringing us upon another character who is responsible for the lovers' death; the Prince. The prince is responsible for the deaths because, he banished Romeo from Verona, making the relationship even more complicated than it already was, this is show when the Prince says, "And for that offence, Immediately we do exile him hence: I have an interest in your hate's proceeding". This also lead to Friar Lawrence constructing an inadequate plan.

Friar Lawrence is not completely innocent, for he constructed a plan which included Juliet drinking a potion which would make her appear dead for a day, and when that day passed and she was set to rest in her families' tomb Romeo is to come retrieve her; however, word never reached Romeo, and as a result of this Romeo killed himself. In addition to this Friar Lawrence is at fault, for he married the two knowing the condition of the situation, and how it could remedy the feud between the two families, but he chose to keep it secret.

Romeo is responsible for the death of his own as well, because, he fell in love, and married Juliet without even knowing Juliet for more than a year, let alone a month.

I think that Romeo and Juliet are the ones to blame for their deaths. I think they are the one to blame because they were the ones who committed suicide, and killed themselves over love at first sight. In the play, it says "To help me after? I will kiss thy lips;
Haply some poison yet doth hang on them,
To make die with a restorative." This quote is important because it shows that Juliet chose love over living, as she killed herself so she could die with Romeo.

I think that it was their own families fault because the families did not like each other, and if they did, there wouldn't be a problem. Romeo and Juliet would get happily married and that wouldn't cause Juliet to act like she killed herself, and by that Romeo wouldn't kill himself. Then after that Juliet wouldn't see Romeo dead and kill herself. The quote, "Draw, if you be men. Gregory, remember thy
swashing blow.
[They fight.]" Tells us that the 2 families didn't have a pleasant past because Sampson and Gregory provoked Montague men into a fight.

I believe the feud between the families is what ultimately killed Romeo and Juliet. From the very beginning of the play, until the final scene, it was believed that they shouldn't love each other based off of just their last names. This was told to both Juliet and Romeo, by many different people throughout the play, including the nurse. As the play continues, there are more instances of the families fighting, just because of their last name. For example, as stated by Tybalt, "Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe, A villain that is hither come in spite" (Act I, Scene V). Clearly, the Capulet's wanted no association with Romeo, because of his last name. This hatred between the families led to Romeo and Juliet having to hide their love. Eventually, this led to their death.

I believe Friar Lawrence and Romeo are the fault for their deaths. This is because if Friar Lawrence came up with a different plan other than putting Juliet into a faked death, then maybe Romeo wouldn't have rushed to kill himself. All these events could have caused deaths to both of them. It could have been prevented. Friar says, "And in this borrowed likeness of shrunk death
Thou shalt continue two and forty hours,
And then awake as from a pleasant sleep"(act 4 scene 1). This quote says that Friar plan was to put her to sleep for 24 hours. This would cause anyone to panic and believe she was dead. This also triggered Romeo to kill himself.

As we know in the end Romeo and Juliet both suffer the same fate. I think that it was Romeo and Juliet's fault. From the start we knew that there connection wouldn't work out. The families were rivals meaning if they found out that there sons it wouldn't end well. First off they made it complicated for themselves. Romeo get banished which makes her less likely to talk to Juliet and Juliet decided to make a plan. The plan complicated to Romeo because he didn't get the message about the plan. It states " buy food, and get thyself in flesh. Come, cordial and not poison, go with me To Juliet's grave; for there must I use thee." (Act V Scene I). This quote was said by Romeo buying the poison to be used to kill himself in front of Juliet.

I believe that there are a number of things, events, and people that contributed to the couple's death. I think that the person that contributed the most to the death of Romeo and Juliet is Tybalt. He openly wants to attack Romeo at the party. He is also the reason that Romeo was sent to Mantua. If Tybalt did not kill Mercutio, Romeo would not have killed Tybalt. The script states, "Of stout Mercutio, and then Tybalt fled; But by and by comes back to Romeo, Who had but newly entertain'd revenge,"(Romeo & Juliet, Act III, Scene I). That shows that the rage that Romeo had came from Tybalt. That proves that he was the cause for the entire end part of the play.

I personally believe that Friar Lawrence is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet. I believe this because Friar Lawrence was the person who came up with the plan for Juliet to fake her death. Friar Lawrence ended up not telling Romeo the plan and Romeo didn't know about Juliet faking her death. This quote "Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift, And hither shall he come:
and he and I
Will watch thy waking, and that very night
Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua.", shows how Friar lawrence says he will send letters to Romeo about the plan but never does.

I think Romeo and Juliet are responsible for their own deaths. I say this because coming into their relationship, they knew that their families have huge grudges against each other, and them finding out would result in chaos. It is also their fault because they chose to take their lives, even if they didn't have to. Last, Juliet chose to continue the plan that ultimately caused the death of both of them. In the text, it states, "Early in the morning See thou deliver it to my lord and father. Give me the light. Upon thy life I charge thee, Whate'er thou hearest or seest, stand all aloof And do not interrupt me in my course. Why I descend into this bed of death Is partly to behold my lady's face," (Act 5 Scene 3 Lines 23-29) Here Romeo is giving Balthasar his suicide note. Romeo didn't have to kill himself, he made the decision himself to end his life, and therefore, he and Juliet are responsible for their own deaths.

I believe Tybalt was at fault for their death. Tybalt was a big hater of the Montagues and started the fight that killed Mercutio, forcing Romeo to kill him. If he didn’t kill Mercutio, and Romeo wouldn’t have been banished. WHen Romeo was banished the Friars couldn’t tell him the plan so he killed himself when he thought Juliet was really dead. In the story, Tybalt states, “As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee: Have at thee, coward!” It shows his hated to Montagues.

I think that Juliet's Nurse is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. The Nurse originally encourages Juliet to pursue her love for Romeo - this was cruel since she was raising Juliet's hopes about loving and marrying Romeo, a Montague and fatal enemy of any Capulet. But once Lord Capulet loses his temper about Juliet's marriage to Paris, the Nurse changes her stance. The Nurse says, "I think you are happy in this second match, For it excels your first." This also causes their deaths by pushing Juliet towards a crossroads where she felt she had no one on her side - marry Paris or die. Nurse's comment forced Juliet to drink the potion, which caused Romeo to die of grief, which caused Juliet to die.

I think it was the love between Romeo and Juliette . I think this because it states in the text, "Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man." They did not let the feud between the families to stop them from falling in love, this then lead to their deaths because they cared very little about their families name. So as you can see, they only cared about the love in between them

I think Juliet is responsible for both of there deaths because she was the one to make Romeo think she was dead so then he wanted to kill himself. So Friar Lawrence gave him the material he need to, and once he did Juliet was not dead. However it is 50/50 because if the families did not have any drama there will not be any problems with there relationship. In the story it says ¨But thou art not quickly moved to strike. A dog of the house of Montague moves me." This is an example of the Montagues, and Capulets fighting in the beginning.

I believe that Friar Lawrence was responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death. His decisions led to their death. A reason that I believe caused their death was his plan to reunite them. He agreed to let Juliet fake his death and sent a servant to tell Romeo about the plan. Friar Lawrence should have known that the plan may not have worked out. The servant country fully rely the message to Romeo and this misunderstanding cause Romeo lots of grief. Because of the failed plan, Romeo had killed himself and Juliet had done the same thing. Friar Lawrence could have also stopped both of them from dying if he stayed in the graveyard with Juliet. The play mentions this, “Enter, at the other end of the churchyard, FRIAR LAURENCE” This shows us that he wasn’t present in the graveyard while the plan took place. If he stayed with Juliet and water for Romeo, he could have told Romeo the truth and prevented both of their deaths.

Vicky wrote: "Who do you believe is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet? Hatred between the two families? Friar Lawrence? Nurse? Fate? Lust? Perhaps, the folly of youth? You decide. You can pick whatev..."

I think that Friar Lawrence is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet. He is the one who supplies Juliet with the potion to make her appear dead. If she hadn't appeared dead when Romeo found her He wouldn't have killed himself. If Romeo hadn't killed himself neither would Juliet. Also if Friar had given Juliet different advice instead of the potion thing could have turned out differently. In the play it states, "If rather than to marry County Paris
Thou hast the strength of will to slay thyself,"(act 4, scene 1). At this point in the play Friar could have changed the outcome but he didn't.

I personally believe everyone is at fault for Romeo and Juliet's death, but the most blame goes to the nurse. In the play, the nurse states, "And a good lady, and a wise and virtuous;I nursed her daughter, that you talk'd withal"(Act 1, Scene 5). She is a mother figure for Juliet and as a mom, she should have to Capulet what was going on with Romeo. If she had told Juliet's parents, Romeo and Juliet would not have been able to go through the plan resulting in their deaths.

I believe that it is the Capulet's fault because they decided to move the wedding of Juliet and Paris to earlier. If her parents hadn't decided to move up the wedding they wouldn't have been so frantic to make a plan. In act 4 scene 1 it says "O, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris¨ I chose this quote because it explains that Juliet had no desire to marry Paris. Her parents forced her into it despite her feelings.

I believe causes could stem from many sources, but I believe that it all stems from one cause: Rosaline.

Why? We'll start from the end and work backwards. Juliet only killed herself because Romeo died. Romeo killed himself because he thought Juliet died. This whole plan was made by Friar Laurence, who thought of faking Juliet's death. However, it is still not Friar Laurence's fault because the plan would not have been necessary if Capulet had not changed the date of Paris and Juliet's wedding. But, it's still not Capulet's fault, as the change of the marriage date was caused by the death of Mercutio and Tybalt in the duel. Mercutio started the duel, but the duel was not completely his fault, as Tybalt complied and fought him back. Tybalt arrived at the scene enraged that Romeo showed up at Capulet's feast in the beginning of the play. This anger on both sides led to the duel. However, part of this anger was caused by Romeo's attendance at the feast. Would this not be Romeo's fault? No, as Romeo only attended the feast because he wanted to see Rosaline, the woman who did not return his love. He himself states after learning that Rosaline will attend the feast, "I'll go along [to the feast], no such sight to be shown."(Act 1, Scene II) If Rosaline loved him back, Romeo would never have had to attend the feast.

Upon tracing these unfortunate events back to the source, one finds that the events all stem from Rosaline's lack of love for Romeo.

Romeo and Juliet are responsible for their own deaths, but i believe that their end had been pushed by their family. It's the fault of their parents because they hated each other and didn't want their children to marry the other side, even though they didn't let the hate of the Montagues and the Capulets get to their love, it got in between them forcing to choose between their family or eachother.

The time period is what killed Romeo and Juliet. Since this took place during the Renaissance, everyone usually marries when they're young. So it is natural for these two to just see each other and forget about everything. But if I had to choose a real person, I would say it would be Friar Laurence. I believe that there are much better ways in making each other see one another that doesn't result in a fake death.

The Nurse is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death. Although she is Juliet’s nurse, she serves the Capulets. It was her duty to tell the Capulets that Juliet was seeing Romeo. If she told the Capulets, they would’ve kept a close eye on Juliet and Romeo. The whole thing would’ve been avoided.

In the play, the nurse says, “Then hie you hence to Friar Laurence' cell; There stays a husband to make you a wife.” This means that she hid the marriage between Romeo and Juliet and helped Juliet sneak out to be with Romeo.

Vicky wrote: "Who do you believe is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet? Hatred between the two families? Friar Lawrence? Nurse? Fate? Lust? Perhaps, the folly of youth? You decide. You can pick whatev..."

I think Friar Laurence is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. When Romeo made his request of marrying Juliet in secret, the Friar responded with an agreement, stating, "In one respect I'll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households' rancor to pure love." (Act 2, Scene 3) By his choice of words, you can tell that he agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet only after he realized that their marriage and love could possibly end the family feud. He gave them false hope that their love, which was doomed from the beginning, was going to work out. However, he was only trying to end their parents' strife, and while doing so, did not take their love into consideration. This is why he was so persistent to always make plans to keep them together.

Speaking of plans, another reason for Romeo and Juliet's death was Friar Laurence's master plan to get Romeo and Juliet back together, after Romeo was banished from Verona. He did not think of every little factor which could make the plan go haywire before he told Juliet, "Hold, daughter: I do spy a kind of hope." (Act 5, Scene 1) If he had thought through every little detail of the plan before executing it, Romeo would not have killed himself for Juliet, and Juliet would not have killed herself for Romeo.

I believe that Tybalt is the reason that Romeo and Juliet died. I believe this because when Tybalt killed Mercutio it caused Romeo to want to get revenge by killing Tybalt. This is proven by, "Now, Tybalt, take the villain back again, That late thou gavest me; for Mercutio's soul Is but a little way above our heads, Staying for thine to keep him company: Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him." Romeo is then exiled because he has killed Tybalt which leads to Friar's plan which leads to Romeo and Juliet killing themselves.

I think Rosaline was the reason for the death of Romeo and Juliet. If Rosaline never broke Romeo's heart, Romeo and Benvolio would never had their conversation In the play it states, "O, teach me how I should forget to think" (Act 1 Scene 1). Romeo would never asked Benvolio for advice to get over Rosaline. Obviously, Benvolio took Romeo to the party where he met Juliet. They would've never met if it wasn't for Rosaline. If Rosaline loved Romeo back, Romeo and Juliet would not know each other and would've never died.

I would say fate is what caused them to die. This is because Romeo and Juliet weren't supposed to get together in the first place since it is forbidden by the families. It wouldn't be Friars fault because he just created a plan to help Romeo ad Juliet to escape. This plan would of worked if someone told Romeo that Juliet wasn't really dead. This shows that God didn't really want Romeo and Juliet to get together making it a decision of fate to kill them off. In the story it says " Take thou this vial, being then in bed,
And this distilled liquor drink thou off;
When presently through all thy veins shall run
A cold and drowsy humour, for no pulse
Shall keep his native progress, but surcease," (act 3, scene 3) This shows That Friar just created a plan and it isn't his fault that Juliet decided to go with it.

Blame it on the apothecary! Who would prescribe such poison to a young boy. I am just kidding. Male writers, especially from another century have a tendency to disempower women. If you look at the female characters, what happens to them, they suffer. Even in operas, the women dies of illness. Not the men. It's not equal society. This is from another century. The story is set in a different century where women are not seen as equals and they are written in to do irrational things. This was before the time where women can work and pursue their own goals, their own dreams. They were just there to accompany men most of the time. If you look at works of Sigmund Freud, he does not treat women as equals. A lot of male works are biased, it is always HIS STORY, not HER STORY.

Vicky wrote: "Who do you believe is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet? Hatred between the two families? Friar Lawrence? Nurse? Fate? Lust? Perhaps, the folly of youth? You decide. You can pick whatev..."

I believe Romeo and Juliet are responsible for their own deaths through their actions and decisions made within the situation they were presented. The prologue of the play even hints that "The fearful passage of their death-marked love." Which means, their love is doomed from going right and ending happily because it was their love for each other that eventually will them to kill themselves in the place of their beloved. Leading up to their end, there were also factors that would lead to that conclusion, like Friar Lawerence's advice on how to go about Romeo's exile. As he states, "Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilled liquor drink thou off;" (Act IV, Scene 1). It was his plan to make Juliet look dead so she would get out of the wedding, but only the news of her death and not the plan would reach Romeo as he vows to take his life. Even before the exile, Romeo shouldn't have killed Tybalt because that made the situation much worse and the whole reason Juliet would have to marry much sooner, as desperate situations would make a half cooked plan. Juliet could have saved her life by obeying her family and marrying Paris, which would probably benefit her more than marrying Romeo. She could have lived happily if she hadn't fallen Romeo, which from her lack of experience, could have just have been lust easily. Of course, the main conflict of the plot cannot go by being mentioned, as the family feud is the whole reason Romeo and Juliet would have to jump hurdles in order to be together. Sadly, they didn't finish the race, but at least the opposing crowds mourned together in their loss. Everyone is at fault because they are what made Romeo and Juliet's love impossible and tragic, ending in death.

Ultimately, Romeo and Juliet’s death was their own faults just as much as it was anyone else’s. The biggest person to contribute to Romeo and Juliet’s death was Friar Laurence. Although it is not clear who told Balthasar about Juliet’s death, it is believed to be Friar Laurence. This is because he is the only connection between the Capulets and Montagues. IF Friar Laurence was the one to tell Balthasar about Juliet’s death, why didn’t he take the time to mention about the death being a hoax as a way for Juliet to be with Romeo? If he had taken the time to tell Balthasar the death was a hoax, Romeo wouldn’t have killed himself, and Juliet would’ve awakened to see Romeo waiting for her.

I believe that Friar Laurence is responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet because he's the one who gave Juliet the drug to make her seem dead in the first place. Since Romeo found Juliet while she was still in this state, he thought she was actually dead, and committed suicide to be with her. And then after that, Juliet died because of Romeo dying too.